SKID

skid, slip, sideslip

(noun) an unexpected slide

skid

(noun) one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects

skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”

skid

(verb) slide without control; “the car skidded in the curve on the wet road”

skid

(verb) apply a brake or skid to

skid

(verb) elevate onto skids

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

skid (plural skids)

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan.

(by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.

A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.

A runner of a sled.

A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.

A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.

(nautical, in the plural) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo.

One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.

Verb

skid (third-person singular simple present skids, present participle skidding, simple past and past participle skidded)

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.

(transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.

(transitive) To cause to move on skids.

(transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.

Etymology 2

Noun

skid (plural skids)

(internet slang) A stepchild.

Anagrams

• disk, kids

Source: Wiktionary

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Skid, n. Etym: [Icel. ski a billet of wood. See Shide.] [Written also skeed.]

1. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.

2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. (Naut.)

Definition: Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten. (b) One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling. (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

Skid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]

1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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